Just one Tear of the Desert
Much clamour about why it s wrong to charge Brashir.
Just a piece of why it is right.
From Times Online:
Darfur doctor: ‘I was raped and taunted as a black dog’
One day the Janjawid attacked. They surrounded the girls’ school, and, while government troops stood guard, they gang-raped the girls. I had to treat the victims, the youngest of whom was 8 years old. I was sickened and horrified beyond words.
Aid workers arrived and asked me to tell them what had happened: despite my fears, I did so. Days later the military and security men came for me again. This time I was beaten, tortured and taunted by gibes of “black dog” and “slave”. I was gang-raped repeatedl
Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur
Read a piece of Halima Bashir’s story in the article linked above. Her story is told in Tears of the Desert, written with Damien Lewis. Available for pre-order, shipped on September 9th.
I finished reading this book yesterday, and I would recommend it to anyone, for it truly humanizes the call to “stop the genocide in Darfur.” This is not just a cause for American hipsters to stamp across their tee-shirts. This is real, and it is happening now. Action must be taken. China must stop providing arms to the Sudan, and an able peace-keeping force must be established.
Read this book, and petition to allow Dr. Bashir to safely come to America to promote her gut-wrenching memoir.
Casi
November 9, 2008 at 1:17 pm